Writing
Community Rating
5.3
TMDB estimate
Born
April 19, 1918
Died
April 3, 2022 (age 103)
Born in
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Lygia Fagundes da Silva Telles (née de Azevedo Fagundes; 19 April 1918 – 3 April 2022), also known as "the lady of Brazilian literature" and "the greatest Brazilian writer" while alive, was a Brazilian novelist and writer, considered by academics, critics and readers to be one of the most important and notable Brazilian writers in the 20th century and the history of Brazilian literature. In addition to being a lawyer, Lygia was widely represented in postmodernism, and her works portrayed classic and universal themes such as death, love, fear and madness, as well as fantasy. Born in São Paulo, and educated as a lawyer, she began publishing soon after she completed high school and simultaneously worked as a solicitor and writer throughout most of her career. She was elected as the third woman in the Brazilian Academy of Letters in 1985 and held Chair 16. She was a recipient of the Camões Prize, the highest literary award of the Portuguese language and her works have received honors and awards from Brazil, Chile and France. Winner of all important literary awards in Brazil, honored nationally and internationally, in 2016, at the age of 98, she became the first Brazilian woman to be nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Before the Green Ball
as Novel
TBA

Venha ver o Pôr-do-Sol
as Original Story
2024

#Provoca
as Writer
2019

Hilda Hilst Pede Contato
as Herself (archive)
2018

Lygia, Uma Escritora Brasileira
as Ela mesma
2017

Stone Circle
as Original Story
2008

Apenas um Saxofone
as Writer
2008

Formigas
as Original Story
2004

Abry
as Self
2003

Hilda Humana Hilst
as Self
2002
Contos de Lygia e Morte
as Original Story
1999

Biblioteca Nacional
1997

As Meninas
as Novel
1995

Ciranda de Pedra
as Original Story
1981

Já Não Se Faz Amor Como Antigamente
as Short Story, Writer
1976

As Três Mortes de Solano
as Original Story
1976

Capitu
as Writer
1968